These prohibitionists seem to be in favour of maintaining a sort of virgin/whore dichotomy and suggesting that appreciating a woman’s body is necessarily an act of imposition. Likewise, it seems like they’re totally forgetting the power women can derive from exhibition, from owning the object of desire and from saying “look, don’t touch”.

I’m not even going to get into the heterosexism of this motion, either. Obviously the assumption is that only straight men feel sexual energies that involve objectification. Has any insight on the lesbian or queer male gaze been taken into account before this ridiculous censorship idea was put up for discussion?

MY ISSUE IS THAT PROTHERO THINKS BLACK PEOPLE LISTEN TO BLACK MUSIC AS IF THIS IS A FACT.

I suppose, as a white man, I should only read texts by white men.

How is it that William has expressed anything conceivable as racist? He directed your attention to a video that expands on the association between certain aspects of Jamaican rap-music and the incitement of homophobia. Let us remember, homosexual acts or, in Jamaican law, the “abominable crime of buggery”, is met with liability to imprisonment and hard labour not exceeding ten years. A July 08 poll carried out in Jamaica that read: “Whether or not you agree with their “lifestyle,” do you think homosexuals are entitled to the same basic rights and privileges as other people in Jamaica?” Of the respondents, only 26% said “yes,” with 70% saying “no” and 4% undecided.

The litmus test of the Tory Party is not their ability to tackle homophobic bullying in this country; indeed, the priority of any Party ought to be the economy. As Charlotte has already said, we need to take off our blinkers and take a seriously look at what the Tory Party has to offer in face of the serious economic situation we’re faced with.

http://www.thebadgeronline.co.uk/comment/is-brighton-better-off-with-nancy-why-labour-could-be-the-best-option-for-brighton%E2%80%99s-voters/

and

http://www.thebadgeronline.co.uk/comment/vote-for-charlotte-not-charlatans/

soon after departing the ticket inspector asked for my ticket. I showed him the print out for the ticket and my rail card and explained how i had been trying to collect the ticket at the station but couldn’t because there were quite a few people who couldn’t use the machine. He then informed me that because the machine was working i should have collected my ticket prior to travelling at that he wouldn’t issue it to me on train, despite previously mentioning that he can issue on the train if the ticket machine is reported faulty. The advice i was given was to get off at the next stop and get my ticket issued then but as it was only valid for that train by the time i would have got it the train would have left and i would have had to got a new ticket at an extortionate price.

Knowing that i had paid for a valid ticket and had my rail card i decided i would stay on the train and sort the problem out at the barriers in paddington. just before arriving at paddington he saw me and called me to the train managers office. Knowing that I had paid for the ticket and had physical evidence showing so, i went with him without a fuss. At the office he said the charge was a 120 pound fine (100pounds more than the original ticket) and he would need my details. At this time i was pretty annoyed with the stupidity of the whole thing and found it hard not to get angry. In the end i decided rather than create a fuss i would try to explain the situation to him again as politely as i could putting it in such a way that he could imagine himself being in the same situation. After 5 minutes of talking like this and being as courteous as possible he agreed to drop any fines and just told me to watch out next time as they only drop the fines at their discretion.

In the end it turned out ok but it made an hour thirty trip a lot more stressful that it needed to be. I think the best advice in this situations is don’t get angry or agitated and start taking it out on the ticket inspector. Let them know you know that there just doing that job and just try and explain the situation calmly letting them imagine what it is like in your position. One other thing i did was complain how the station had inadequately equipped given the number of commuters that use it and that i wanted to put through a complaint about this to first great westerns management. Any one in the service (not sure if trains count as this) industry will soften up as soon as you start talking about making formal complaints. It can often be more work for them as sometimes they need to fill out complaint forms. You could also ask the ticket inspector that you want to make a written complaint about them if you feel they are being especially unreasonable and potentially threatening. However it is better to do this as a last resort as they are more likely to let certain things go if your polite and sometimes compliment them (can be difficult to find something to compliment though). The sad thing is though if your riding the train in sports wear or scruffy clothes it can be a lot harder to argue that your not trying to get a free ride.

But once again the golden rule is no matter how unjust your situation is and unhelpful the train staff are never loose your temper at them because as soon as you do this they wont be interested in helping you with your problem.

Regarding your points about how black music is supposedly FOR black people etc etc, you are entirely wrong.

Please stop wasting my time with non-posts.

Then don’t let them. Supporting Baig wouold allow the BNP space to play the victim. As far as possible they should be frozen out of this debate and it should be made a privacy issue.

Don’t allow the BNP to be the lead voice attacking Baig. UAF Love music and other anti-facist groups should come out and say though the BNP has dispicable opinions we can defeat them through argument and peaceful campaigns. What Baig did was ilegal and unaceptable intended to intimidate those he disagreed with.

We fight against facism because we are a nation of laws and civil rights one of which is the right to privacy. Another is due prosess let’s not cloud this issue politically Baig broke the law this should be investigated.

Imagine the president of another union was a BNP member and illegaly put up stolen information the names and adresses of a left wing organisation say UAF in the hopes of creating a violent backlash. What would then be our response

I am getting tired of you saying things that make no sense, and I deeply resent that accusation.
It is not racist to say that Jamaican music is more popular with Jamaican people, or people of Jamaican descent. I am not saying white people will not be influenced by this kind of music if they listen to it, but I don’t think many white people do listen to it.

Getting back to the original point:
David Cameron was correct to say we should have stricter controls on the type of music allowed in our country, but this issue only affects a small part of the population. Giving more control to teachers is the most important thing.

I am not an expert on rap music, but I get the impression this area of music is made mostly by Jamaicans or British-Jamaicans, for Jamaicans and British-Jamaicans

I assume you took the time to actually watch the documentary I sent you – how many white faces do you see?

As Cameron said, the best step towards tackling homophobia in young people overall is to give more control to headteachers and staff

Please stop wasting my time with non-points